Hey, Ray…
Posted September 23, 2009 at 10:43 am by Ian Byington
In this well-written piece by MPR’s John Louis Anderson, he refers to a buddy of his named Ray who used to be harbormaster at the marina in Friday Harbor. Naturally I knew you’d be curious about that so I asked Tami Hayes, the present harbormaster, and former Port Director Steve Steve Simpson what they knew of Ray.
Tami says: “Yes, I do. It’s Ray Chesnut. He was harbormaster here from about 1982—1987. Bart Matthews had just been hired after Ray when I started working here, but I knew him. Steve?”
Steve relied to her: “Ray. Now there’s a name I haven’t heard for a long long time. I didn’t know Ray had a background in Minnesota. I’ve heard about him from friends who have a farm near his and who shares some workers with him now and then. I don’t think Ray ever forgave me for making the place a non-smoking office and kicking out the every-day dogs.
I’m thinking you have the record for longevity for Harbormasters at Friday Harbor.
Keep up the good work!”
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